Kehar Singh
| Kehar Singh | |
|---|---|
| Native name | ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਭਾਈ ਕੇਹਰ ਸਿੰਘ |
| Born |
Kehar Singh 1935 Mustafabad, Sirhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab |
| Died | January 6, 1989 (aged 53–54) Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India |
| Cause of death | Executed by hanging |
| Occupation | Clerk at Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals |
| Employer | Government of India |
| Criminal charge | Conspiracy in the plot to assassinate Indira Gandhi |
| Criminal penalty | Capital punishment in India |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging at 04:00 (IST) on 06 January 1989 |
| Awards | Title of Shaheed by Akal Takht |
Kehar Singh, an Assistant in the Directorate General of Supply and Disposal, New Delhi, was tried and executed for conspiracy in the plot of the Indira Gandhi assassination, carried out by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. He was hanged in Tihar Jail on January 6, 1989. Beant Singh was the nephew of Kehar Singh. The assassination was motivated by Operation Blue Star, by which Indian Armed Force personnel assaulted the Golden Temple Complex at Amritsar. It was carried out starting on 3 June 1984.
Operation Blue Star was launched by the Indian Army, to eliminate Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers who had sought cover in the Amritsar Golden Temple Complex. The operation was launched in response to a deterioration of law and order in Punjab. The roots of Operation Blue Star can be traced from the Khalistan Movement. The Khalistan Movement is a political Sikh anti-nationalist movement, that wants to create an independent state for Sikh people, inside the current North-Western Republic of India. The Sikh militants within the Harminder Sahib were led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and former Maj. Gen.Shabeg Singh. Maj. Gen. Kuldip Singh Brar had command of the action, operating under General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, of the Indian army.
The Golden Temple compound and some of the surrounding houses were fortified. The Statesman reported on 4 July that light machine-guns and semi-automatic rifles were known to have been brought into the compound, by the militants. Faced with imminent army action and with the foremost Sikh political organisation, Shiromani Akali Dal (headed by Harchand Singh Longowal), abandoning him, Bhindranwale declared "This bird is alone. There are many hunters after it".
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